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Community Shield 2021 preview

Manchester City and Leicester City face each other in the traditional curtain-raiser to the football season. 

Both teams will be looking to build on their success from last season. Very few Leicester fans will forget their 5-2 thrashing of Man City last season.

Whilst it is not considered a major trophy, it us always nice to win Leicester have never won it, whereas Man City have won it on six occasions. Their last appearance came in 2019 when they beat Liverpool on penalties. 

Rumours persist about Man City signing a number of players. It will be interested to see who they sign and whether they make an appearance at Wembley.

Leicester would have obviously been delighted with winning the FA Cup but disappointed that they once again missed out on a Champions League place. They have signed xxx and yyy.

After a fun packed summer of International football, it's still great to see club football back. Let the games begin!

You can explore a number of Manchester City stories by clicking here

History of the Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is contested at Wembley Stadium between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup. If the Premier League champions had also won the FA Cup, then the league runners-up are the second time.

The Community Shield actually evolved from the Sheriff of London Charity Shield that had been introduced in 1898 as a professionals vs amateurs competition.The Charity Shield, as it was known at the time, was designed to replace the Sheriff of London Charity Shield after the amateur clubs fell out with the FA. 

This video explores trophies won by top English clubs and includes all variations of the competition. 

The new format was to have the Football League First Division champions play the Southern League champions, and the first match was in 1908 between Manchester United (the First Division champions) and Queens Park Rangers. 

The match was drawn 1–1, so the game was replayed when Manchester United won 4–0. This is the only Charity Shield game to go to a replay. Both games were played at Stamford Bridge. Manchester United have since gone onto win the shield a record number of times. In 2002, the Charity Shield became the Community Shield and has remained so ever since. 

As kick-off time to the 2021 edition gets closer, check out all the tweets below from Manchester City, Leicester City and a number other sources.

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